Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 2 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 3 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 4 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 6 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 7 | It says that at least some of the characteristics of this hyper-individualist people can not be explained by what has happened to them in the Ottoman time and since , because these characteristics predate the Ottomans . |
| 8 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 9 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 10 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 11 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 12 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 13 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 14 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 15 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
| 16 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 17 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 18 | I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots . |
| 19 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
| 20 | If you 're going to complain , you have to do it within a reasonable time and in writing . |
| 21 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 22 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 23 | So we need to get the word of God , go out with it at the right time and leave it with people . |
| 24 | Well I called a meeting but I did n't think I advertised it well enough because there was a lot of interest and then I think we held it at the wrong time as well did n't we , |
| 25 | Did you have to spend it by a certain time or |
| 26 | yes cos you always right , you remind me at the wrong time and the wrong thing |
| 27 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 28 | Many are offered in garden centres and shops , loose or prepacked , from February onwards , but care must be taken to plant them at the right time or thy may fail . |
| 29 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 30 | It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need . |